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FOR CLASSES IN LITERATURE AND READING AND FOR 
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTS, EXHIBITIONS, CLUBS AND LITERARY SOCIETIES. 



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The Song of Hiawatha 



HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. 



Abridged ayid Arranged in Twelve Scenes 



MINNIE M. GEORGE, 



CLASSES IN LITERATURE AND READING 



SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTS, EXHIBITIONS, CLUBS AND LITERARY 

SOCIETIES. 



A. FLANAGAN, PUBLISHER, 

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HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 



« PREFATORY NOTES. 

In arranging the Song of Hiawatha for dramatic representation, it 
will be necessary to omit parts and to adapt the readings and tableaux to 
the particular needs of the occasion. 

The readings selected and given here are those which it is believed 
would be of general interest and educational value. Where a class or 
school has been studying Hiawatha, either as reading cr literature lessons, 
the work may be brought to a close in a way that pupils and their parents 
and friends will enjoy and remember, by giving these readings with 
music and tableaux. 

It will afford a delightful afternoon or evening entertainment if given 
by primary, intermediate or advanced pupils of a school or by literary 
societies or clubs with adult members. 

It will be a fitting way in which to celebrate Longfellow's birthday 
or Thanksgiving. It will also prove a most excellent entertainment to 
give, if one wishes to make money for a school library or organ fund. 

Where the entertainment is given with this idea in view, the public 
reading of the poem should be preceded by one or more month's study. 
The pupils, or those taking part, will then have become so familiar with 
the portions of the poem as to be able to enjoy them and render them with 
expression. 

They will also have had an opportunity, through this study and the 
collection and examination of Indian relics, to become acquainted with 
the habits and customs, modes of life and dress of this people. 

Thanks are due the publishers of the "Century" and Mr. John C. 
Filmore, of the Milwaukee School of Music, for permission to use the In- 
dian music here again, and to Miss Mary Conrade, Zanesville, Ohio, 
for the "Fire Fly Song" and "Indian Lullaby," which are taken from 
"Songs in Season." 

We gratefully acknowledge indebtedness also to Mr. William B. 
Chamberlain, of the University of Chicago, for the piano accompaniment 
to the "Thanksgiving Song," and suggestions in regard to readings. 



THE PLAN BOOK. 

CONTENTS. 

Prefatory Notes. 

Costumes. 

Scenes 

Room Decoration. 

Suggestions. 

The Peace Pipe. 

Hiawatha's Childhood. 

Hiawatha's Fasting. 

Hiawatha's Wooing. 

Hiawatlia'.N Wedding Feast. 

The Famine. 

The White Man's Foot. 

Hiawatha's Departure. 

Vocabulary. 

MUSIC. 

The Peace Pipe Choral, (Indian music). 

The Lullaby. 

The Fire-Fly Song. 

The Love Song of Hiawaiha, (Indian mu.sic). 

The Dance Song, (Indian). 

Love Song of Chibiabos. 

Hiawatha's Lament. 

Funeral Song, (Indian music). 

ILLU.STRATION. 

Hiawatha and Wigwam. 

Hiawatha as a boy, kneeling, 

Nokomis and cradle- 

Hiawatha as a man. 

Minnehaha. 

Deathbed of Minnehaha. 

CHARACTERS. 

Hiawatha, Indian Chief. 
Nokomis, the Grandmother. 
Minnehaha, an Indian maiden. 
Chibiabos, Indian man (musician). 
Arrow maker, father of Minnehaha. 
Indian warriors (for the march.) 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 7 

Chibiabos and the warriors are not necessary unless one wishes to 

begin with the procession of the peace pipes around the lodge. The song 
of Chibiabos may be sung by singer without Indian costume. 



GENERAL SUGGESTIONS. 

Introduce each picture with a reading descriptive of scene and char- 
acter. Twelve scenes are suggested and others may be added if desired. 

If Hiawatha is to be dramatized by primary or intermediate grades, 
the introduction and the peace pipe will need to be omitted, and the first 
reading or recitation will be from Hiawatha's childhood, beginning with 
"By the Shining Big-Sea- Water." 

THE READINGS. 

Where given in the form of an evening entertainment, by adults, 
literary .societies or study clubs, it is best to have one or more readers 
read the entire poem. Much will depend upon the reading of this beauti- 
ful poem, and it is desirable to secure as good a reader as possible. 

Where the entertainment is given by pupils in one room or building, 
it is better not to go outside for talent. 

The poem may be divided into .sections and these may be memorized 
or read by the best readers or speakers in the room, or school. A number 
of pupils can take part in this way. 

To others may be assigned the songs and instrumental music. There 
will usuall}' be found one or more pianists a-mong the pupils who will be 
able to give the instrumental music, if given time to prepare. The best 
singers will be given parts in tableaux where music is required. 

Boys and girls dressed as Indians may act as ushers. Others may 
be stationed at the table or wall where the collection of Indian relics is 
arranged. 

This is not necessary to the success of the entertainment, but will add 
considerably to the the enjoyment of those pupils who are anxious to take 
part in some way, but who are not available for other parts. 

The reading of the poem alone will require an hour, but, with the 
tableaux and music which accompany the readings or recitations, will 
furnish entertainment for an entire evening or afternoon. 

The rehearsals should be timed, and should the program, as given, 
be too long, omit such readings and tableaux as seem least desirable or 
necessary. 



8 • THE PLAN BOOK. 

COSTUMES. 

Indian costumes may be secured of any costumer in Chicago 
and other large cities. Where these can be secured (rented) it 
will add much to the success of the entertainment. 

The name and address of a reliable costumer has been given 
elsewhere in the book for the convenience of those teachers 
who are not familiar with the city and wish to order by letter. 
It may not be desirable, however, to hire costumes, where 
the schools or societies are remote from a city, and directions 
have been given for the making of suitable costumes by those 
taking part in the entertainment if thought best. 

The drawings have been made with this in view, and if 
copied, will not be found difficult to follow. 

Indian Woman. — Nokomis may wear a half short skirt 
of striped material, a loose waist and moccasins. Wrap 
around her a bright blanket or shawl having one or two of the 
corners nearly touching the floor. Make the waist of red 
calico and have the neck, cut round and the sleeves not reach 
below the elbow. A necklace of beads, bangles or shells, a 
wide bracelet of stiff paper covered with gilt paper, and other 
bright ornaments may be worn. 

To the wooden cover of a grape basket a doll may be 
strapped with a scarf or small shawl, and carried on the back 
of the Indian woman. She may carry the "papoose" either by 
a band about the forehead or straps over the shoulders. Mark 
wrinkles in the face with charcoal to give wrinkled effect and 
part the hair roughly in the middle and have it fall straight 
down about the sides of the face. The face should be stained 
or colored copper color. 

On second page of cover is given the address of a reliable 
costumer. 



HIAWATHA'S COSTUME. 

For a costume for an India^i Boy use buckskin colored 
canton flannel, which may be bought for eight cents a yard. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 9 

Make the trousers long; cut strips of the flannel three 
inches wide and make a fringe by slashing it to within half an 
inch of the edge. Sew this fringe down the side of each 
trouser leg. 

Make a loose shirt of the buckskin flannel to be worn out- 
side, and belt down with a belt of the same or of some bright 
color. A few bright beads, bangles or shells sewed on the belt 
add to the effect. Sew a fringe down the sleeves also. 

Make the neck of the shirt quite loose and wear strings of 
bangles or shells, or beads. 

If real moccasins are not to be had, very good ones can be 
made from the canton flannel. Sew the seams with red yarn 
and ornament with beads or worsted. 

For the head dress make a double band one and a half 
inches wide, of the bright material used for the belt. Between 
the pieces sew turkey or chicken feathers, having the longest 
ones in the front and shorter ones in the back. Tie the band 
tight about the head. A few marks on the face with red 
crayon, a bow and arrows, and the effect is complete. 

A suit similar to that worn by the boy will do for Indian man. 

A brass armlet is worn about the elbow and a necklace 
of wolf's teeth or beads of some kind encircles the neck. The 
coat is also decorated with colored beads. 

About the waist is a belt or sash in which are the toma- 
hawk, scalping knife and other weapons. 

A wig of long, coarse black -hair is worn, and the high 
Indian head dress of feathers is arranged in characteristic 
fashion. 

A blanket is adjusted at the back to trail far behind. 

Leather moccasins are worn and a bow and arrows carried. 

The character demands that the face be stained a reddish 
brown or copper color, and in addition the ej^e-brows may be 
blackened to meet at the center. 

The face may be painted beneath the lower eye-lids to 
produce a properly savage expression. 



10 THE PLAN BOOK. 



MINNEHAHA'S COSTUME. 

Foundation material of leather colored canton flannel, or 
any smootli woolen cloth. 

The decorations may be embroidered, appliqued or painted 
upon the material in any manner that will result effectively. 
Red and black paint may be used to make the borders. The 
diamond shaped decorations are much fancied for this. 
Turkish bands, feathers, beads or colored passementerie may 
also be used. 

The skirt is not hemmed at the bottom, but is cut in nar- 
row strips to form fringe, and fancy decorations are added 
above it. 

A wolf skin or small blanket hangs from the shoulders if 
desired, and a gaily beaded pouch is suspended from the belt. 

Strings of beads of any description (the bright colored 
wooden beads used in the kindergarten will do) are hung 
about the neck, and the hair is decorated to correspond with 
another string and an eagle feather. 

Fancy stockings decorated to represent leggings, beaded 
moccasins, a bow and arrows, and a tomahawk complete the 
costume. 

Other Indian girls may be added to tableaux to make them 
more effective in the last scene. 

Dress Indian Girls in a half long skirt of some bright and, 
if obtainable, striped material. Make the waist of red calico 
and have the neck cut round and the sleeves not reach below 
the elbow. A necklace of beads, bangles or shells, a wide 
bracelet of stiff paper covered with gilt paper, and other bright 
ornaments may be worn. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 11 

A THANKSGIVING KNTERTAINMENT. 

If given as a Thanksgiving entertainment, the final tableau 
will need pupils dressed as Puritans. 

PURITAN MAIDEN. 

Short-waisted dress, with tabs at belt, and full straight, 
short skirt, long pointed collar and cuffs. Carefully plaited 
apron. Cap. Low, open-sided shoes. 

COSTUME OF PURITAN MAN. 

Short-waisted, full-skirted coat, with broad linen collar and 
cuffs. Full, loose knee-breeches, long stockings, low, open- 
sided shoes tied with string or narrow ribbon. Broad-brimmed, 
high-crowned hat. Ordinary suit to be of domestic dyed serge. 

Let the children who represent Puritans decorate them- 
selves by using large white handkerchiefs (made of tissue 
paper) for shawls, and wearing white bonnets. The boys may 
wear white paper collars and turn back cuffs. 

Boy dressed as Puritan should be stationed near the door 
with a wooden gun, as sentinels were stationed at church doors 
so long ago, to watch for troublesome Indians, and other Puri- 
tans act as ushers. 

Arrange the Thanksgiving contributions of fruit, vege- 
tables and food upon a long table. The sheaves of grain 
which are used for decoration may be tied with strips of red, 
white and blue ribbon or tissue paper strips and arranged with 
pumpkins, squashes, etc., to make a background for the 
speakers. Have a spinning wheel in one corner. 



THH STAGE. 

The platform should be at least three feet high and large 
enough to hold the wigwam and characters without being 
crowded. 

The effect of the tableaux is made more perfect by 
using colored tarlatan or netting in front of stage. When it 
is inconvenient to have foot lights, lamps may be hung high 



12 THE PLAN BOOK. 

upon the sides. Lamps with tin reflectors are better. A fire 
or moonlight scene may be produced by placing a red or green 
shade over each lamp. 

FIRST TABLEAU. 

If the first scene shows the march of the Indians to music 
around the wigwam in the ceremony described in the Peace] 
Pipes, the wigwam will need to be in the center of stage,* 
that there may be room to pass behind it; but as this tableaux 
would necessitate the making or renting of many costumes, it 
it will not often be given and the first scene is supposed to be 
the wigwam of Nokomis and Hiawatha in cradle. 



INDIAN SCENES IN DRAMA. 

THE SCENERY. 

The first scene shows the home of Hiawatha in the woods. 
To represent this in the most effective manner cut down a 
number of evergreen trees and nail them to the wall of the 
stage. Other trees may be used and trimmed with branches 
of pine if it is not possible to secure the pine trees. 

Fill in the open spaces by fastening twigs and shrubbery 
about and interlacing it among the boughs of the trees. 

A wigwam may be constructed in one corner of the room 
by using three or four poles, fur rugs and buffalo robes. Fur 
rugs and Indian and Mexican blankets may be used also for 
dress by those who personate Indian characters during the 
Thanksgiving Day exercises. 

The skins or canvas which cover the wigwam may be 
changed so as to give it the appearance of another wigwam, in 
the scene v/ith Minnehaha's father, the arrow-maker. 

Where the entertainment is not given by schools and the 
relics are not shown on a table, they may be arranged on the 
stage, against the walls, or on the wigwam. Snow shoes, 
Indian pipes, bows and arrows, and many things may be used 
in this way and add much to the effect. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 13 

A dead tree may be trimmed with branches of the pine and 
set in one corner or near the stage wiih Hiawatha's cradle 
snspended from one of the branches. Nokomis is to sit by or 
near this tree as she sings the cradle song, in the opening 
scene. 

Secure a sheaf or shock of corn and a half bushel or more 
of husked corn to be used in one of the tableaux. 

If this entertainment is contemplated for a Longfellow's 
birthday celebration, it will be necessary to secure the stalks 
of corn in October and store them where they will be ready 
for use when needed. 

DEATH OF MINNEHAHA. 

In the centre of the stage place a wigwam or tent, made of 
poles and covered with dark blankets or other material suita- 
ble for the purpose. Within the tent a general air of desola- 
tion. An iron pot should be hung by a chain, from one of 
the poles, over the smouldering embers of a fire. A few half 
burnt logs placed upon a piece of sheet iron will produce the 
effect. Be careful, however, that the sheet iron is entirely 
covered. Upon a pile of skins (buffalo robes or almost an}' 
kind of carriage robes will answer), half reclining, is the form 
of Minnehaha, as though she had just expired. She should 
be dressed in full Indian costume, or, if more convenient, a 
blanket or other covering may be thrown over her. Her long 
black hair is tossed about and streaming to the ground. 
Crouching by her side is the figure of Nokomis. Let 
the face be painted to represent a very withered and wrinkled 
effect. Her dress must be far less rich than that of Minne- 
haha, and her attitude expressive of the most abject despair. 
-Let her hands clasp her knees, as though rocking back and 
forth and moaning. At the entrance of the wigwam stands 
Hiawatha, transfixed with horror, his hand stretched toward 
Minnehaha with an imploring gesture. He has just returned 
from his fruitless hunt, with bow and arrows, snow shoes, and 



14 THE PLAN BOOK. 

full hunting costume. If the stage be large enough the effect 
of the whole may be greatly enhanced by placing a number 
of evergreen trees at irregular intervals, and scattering over 
them a quantity of picked cotton, to represent snow. A num- 
ber of broken, leafless boughs should also be scattered over the 
ground, and the stage covered with a white cloth to produce 
the effect of snow. The picture shows Hiawatha facing the 
audience. This may be changed to side view. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR SCHOOLS. 

INDIAN RELICS. 

Let pupils in the room and others in the building, if pos- 
sible, make collections of Indian relics, such as moccasins, 
snow shoes, arrow heads, bows, birch bark canoes, baskets, 
Indian blankets, totem poles, buffalo robes, deer heads, etc. 

In every neighborhood there is some one who has a collec- 
tion of this kind, and if requested by the teacher will willingly 
loan it for an occasion of this kind. 

There is sure to be some one article of interest relating to 
the subject in every household, and every pupil should be en- 
couraged to contribute to the collection, if possible. Those 
who have no relics at home may borrow from neighbors or 
relatives, and the very little people may make a collection of 
Indian pictures and sets of pictures. These are to be mounted 
or tacked up about the room. 

Arrange your relics on tables about the room, or hang and 
fasten them to the wall. A fish net or tennis net tacked to the 
sides of a room may be used for this purpose. The relics are 
easily tied to this or fastened to the meshes and, as tables and 
space are scarce at exhibits, this is the best arrangement. 

Collections of Indian relics may also be hired where one 
does not wish to take the trouble to make one. 

Where this is done the collection should be arranged where 
it may be seen and examined before or after the entertainment. 



HIAWATHA DRAIVIATIZED. 15 

Some one should be placed in charge of this who will be 
able to explain intelligently the uses of the various articles, to 
those who are interested in the collection. 

Another person should watch to see that no article is 
broken or stolen. If destroyed or stolen the cost will have to 
be made good by the one who hires the collection, and this 
may mean no small item. 

The necessity of carefulness in this direction will be felt 
by every teacher who has ever had charge of an entertainment 
where pupils of all classes are admitted. 



ROOM DECORATION FOR LOWER GRADES. 

Decorate your blackboards with pictures made with colored 
crayons, illustrating some phase of Indian or Pilgrim life. 

Pictures of the Mayflower, Indian wigwams, log houses, 
etc., showing early Pilgrim homes, may be easily enlarged 
from pictures or stencils. 

Let pupils cut cocoons, twigs with buds in winter clothes, 
leaves, the color of leaves on trees and ground in November, 
and "The brown birds a flying" from brown paper, ordinary 
wrapping paper, and use them to decorate the room for 
Thanksgiving. 

The illustrations of Hiawatha and the Pilgrims that have 
been made duriug drawing lesson and seat work periods by 
pupils, may be mounted on charts for visitors to inspect. 

The cuttings may be mounted on gray paper, the wigwams 
arranged so as to make an Indian village, the pine trees with 
birds, squirrel, rabbit and deer cuttings grouped about, and 
these also arranged on wall. 

The hand work of the children in making and modeling 
clay dishes in imitation of Indian dishes, the bows and arrows 
constructed by the boys, the canoes, etc., on tables or window 
sills. 



16 THE PLAN BOOK. 

The owl that frightened Hiawatha, the raven that tried to 
steal his corn, the trees that grew near his home, may all be 
cut and mounted to illustrate the story. 

Branches of the pine with stuffed or toy birds perched 
among the branches may be arranged about the walls and in 
the corners. 

Cover a plaque or board a little over a foot in length with 
dark red or green paper or cloth. Arrange on this three ears 
of perfect golden corn, or one ear each of white, red and yel- 
low corn. Fasten with tacks and hang on the wall. 

Arrange around room festoons of red, yellow, white and 
popped corn which children have strung for seat work. 

Let them also string cranberries and the little bright 
colored wooden beads which are used in number work. These 
may be worn by Nokomis in the cradle scene, as a necklace 
or girdle. 



TABIvEAUX FROM HIAWATHA 

WITH READINGS AND MUSIC. 

PART I. 

Introduction and Peace Pipes. 

1st Reading Introduction and Peace Pipe. 
Music Instrumental ''Wawan Choral." 
Solemn Procession of Peace Pipes around the Lodge. 
Tableaux (if desired.) 

March of Indians around wigwams, to the Indian music or 
while music is played. 



PART II. 
infancy and chii^dhood. 



2nd Reading — Part relating to Indian Homes, and care of 
Hiawatha by old Nokomis. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 17 

Tableau — The wigwam of Nokomis. 

Hiawatha rocked in cradle by Nokomis. 

Song — "Indian Lullaby" by Xokomos or a singer. 

3rd reading — Part beginning with "At the Door on Summer 
Evenings" and concluding with words of fire-fly song. 

Tableau — Hiawatha seated at the door of wigwam. 

Song — "Fire-fly Song" by Hiwatha or another child. 

4th Reading — Parts relating to the lessons learned by 
Hiawatha, the making of the bow and arrow. 

Tableau — Hiawatha Hunting. 

5th Reading — The walk in search of game and conceal- 
ment in alder bushes, and the fatal shot. 

Tableau — The Fatal Shot. 

6th Reading — The Return Home. 

PART III. 

7th Reading — Hiawatha's Manhood. 

Tableau — Hiawatha, a man, decorated with paint and feath- 
ers and armed. 

8th Reading — Hiawatha's Fasting. 

Tableau— "The Gift of Com." 

9th Reading — "Hiawatha's Wooing" 

Tableau— "Minnehaha." 

10th Reading — Hiawatha's Wooing. 

Song — "Indian Love Song," by Hiawatha or singer in 
distance. 

11th Reading — Hiawatha's Wooing. 

Tableau — Tent of the Arrow iMaker. 

Minnehaha and her Father. 

12th Reading — The arrival of Hiawatha and his entreaty 
for the hand of Minnehaha. 

Tableau— "The Lover's Advent," (if another tableau is 
desired.) 

13th Reading — The departure of Hiawatha and Reflections 
of the Arrow Maker. 



18 THr: PLAN BOOK. 

Tableau — The Departure of the Lovers. 

14th Reading — Thejoume}^ Homeward. 

Tableau — "The Arrival Home.'' 

15th Reading — The Wedding Feast. 

Song — The Dame Song, Indian music, instrumental. 

16th Reading — ''Chibiabos' Song." 

Song — ''Chibiabos' Love Song." 

17th Reading — "lagoo." 

PART IV. 

18th Reading — "The Famine." 

Tableau — ''The Death Bed of Minnehaha." 

Song — "Hiawatha's Lament." 

19th Reading — The Burial and Farewell. 

Music — Chopin's Funeral March or the Indian Funeral 
Song given here. 

20th Reading — The White Man's Foot and Hiawatha's 
Departure. 

Tableau — ''Hiawatha's Departure" to the Land of the 
Hereafter. 



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HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 



19 



PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY 

OF INDIAN" NAMES IN THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. 

There cannot well be an absolutely authoritative pronunciation of Indian names. 
As they are spelled, they represent the sovinds, as nearly as they could be caught 
and reproduced by those who came in contact with the Indians. Thus there is a 
mingling of English and French usage, but on the whole the broad sound of the 
vowels is common. The following vocabulary is an attempt at showing the pro- 
nunciation according to the most intelligible standard. The accent will usually be 
marked by the rythm of the verse in which the word occurs. 

The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster's 
International Dictionary 



ADJIDAU MO 
AHKOSB'WIN 

be'na 
bDkadawin 

£HIBIABOZ 
DAC0TAH5 
EAGOO 

git'chE man'ito 

hiawatha 

mhgahgee 

mahn-go-ta/see 

ma5ken0zha 

minnehaha 

minje kau wum 

mondamjn 

mus'koday 



nagow wudjoo 

nah'ma 

ojib'ways 

OME m! 

5PECHEE 

OWAIS'SA 

PAUGUK 

PAU PUK KEEWis 

pone'mah 

PUKWANA 
5AHWA 
5HAUG0DAYA 
SON 

wam'pum 
wa'wa 

YEfNADIZZE 



20 THE PLAN BOOK. 



SONG OF HIAWATHA. 

INTRODUCTION. 
I. 

Ye who love a nation's legends, 
Love the ballads of a people, 
That like voices from afar off 
Call to us to pause and listen, 
Speak in tones so plain and childlike, 
Scarcely can the ear distinguish 
Whether they are sung or spoken; — 
Listen to this Indian Legend 
To this Song of Hiawatha! * 
How he prayed and how he fasted, 
How he lived, and toiled, and suffered, 
That the tribes of men might prosper, 
That he might advance his people! 

Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, 
Who have faith in God and Nature, 
Who believe that in all ages 
Every human heart is human. 
That in even savage bosoms 
There are longings, yearnings, strivings 
For the good they comprehend not. 
That the feeble hands and helpless. 
Grouping blindly in the darkness, 
Touch God's right hand in that darkness 
And are lifted up and strengthened; — 
Listen to this simple story, 
To this song of Hiawatha! 

*The pronunciation used by Mr. I,ongfellow was "Hi-a-wa-tha" the accent on the first syllable 
being slighter than on the "wa." The "a" sounded like "a" in "mar" not "war." 



Note.— For pronunciation of the proper names used in this poem see page 19. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 21 

THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. 
I. 

THK PEACE-PIPE. 

On the Mountains of the Prairie, 

On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, 

Gitche Manito, the mighty, 

He, the Master of Life, descending. 

On the red crags of the quarry 

Stood erect, and called the nations, 

Called the tribes of men together. 

From the red stone of the quarry 
With his hand he broke a fragment, 
Moulded it into a pipe-head. 
Shaped and fashioned it with figures; 
From the margin of the river 
Took a long reed for a pipe-stem, 
With its dark green leaves upon it. 
Filled the pipe with bark of willow 
With the bark of the red willow; 
Breathed upon the neighboring forest. 
Made its great boughs chafe together, 
Till in flame they burst and kindled; 
And erect upon the mountains, 
Gitche Manito, the mighty. 
Smoked the calumet, the Peace- Pipe, 
As a signal to the nations. 
From the far-off Rocky Mountains, 
From the Northern lakes and rivers, 
All the tribes beheld the signal, 

Saw the distant smoke ascending, , 

The Pukwana of the Peace-Pipe. 

Down the rivers, o'er the prairies, 
Came the warriors of the nations, 
All the warriors drawn together 
By the signal of the Peace-Pipe, 



22 THE PLAN BOOK. 

To the Mountains of the Prairie, 

To the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry. 

And they stood there on the meadow, 

With their weapons and their war-gear, 

Painted like the leaves of Autumn, 

Painted like the sky of morning, 

Widly glaring at each other; 

In their faces stern defiance. 

In their hearts the feuds of ages, 

The hereditary hatred. 

The ancestral thirst of vengeance. 

Gitche Manito, the mighty. 
The creator of the nations. 
Looked upon them with compassion. 
With paternal love and pity; 
Looked upon their wrath and wrangling 
But as quarrels among children. 
But as feuds and fights of children! 

Over them he stretched his right hand, 
To subdue their stubborn natures. 
To allay their thirst and fever. 
By the shadow of his right hand; 
Spake to them with voice majestic 
As the sound of far-off waters 
Falling into deep abysses. 
Warning, chiding, spake in this wise: — 

"O my children! my poor children! 
Listen to the words of wisdom, 
Listen to the words of warning, 
From the lips of the Great Spirit, 
From the Master of Life, who made you! 

"I have given you lands to hunt in, 
I have given you streams to fish in, 
I have given you bear and bison, 
I have given you roe and reindeer, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 23 

I have given you brant and beaver, 
Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, 
Filled the rivers full of fishes; 
Why then are you not contented? 
Why then will you hunt each other? 

"I ani^-jyeary of your quarrels, 
Weary of your wars and bloodshed. 
Weary of your prayers for vengeance, 
Of 3'our wranglings and dissensions; 
All your strength is in your union, 
All your danger is in discord; 
Therefore be at peace henceforward. 
And as brothers live together. 

''I will send a prophet to you, 
A Deliverer of the Nations, 
Who shall guide you and shall teach you, 
Who shall toil and suffer with you. 
If you listen to his counsels, 
You w-11 multiply and prosper; 
If his warnings pass unheeded, 
You will fade away and perish! 

"Bathe now in the stream before you. 
Wash the war-paint from your faces, 
AVash the blood-stains from your fingers. 
Bury your war-clubs and your weapons. 
Break the red stone from this quarry, 
Mould and make it into Peace-Pipes, 
Take the reeds that grow beside you. 
Deck them with your brightest feathers, 
Smoke the calumet together, 
And as brothers live henceforward!" 

Then upon the ground the warriors 
Threw their cloaks and shirts of deer-skin, 
Threw their weapons and their war-gear. 
Leaped into the rushing river. 



24 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Washed the war-paint from their faces. 
Clear above them flowed the water, 
Clear and limpid from the footprints 
Of the Master of Life descending; 
Dark below them flowed the water, 
Soiled and stained with streaks of crimson. 
As if blood were mingled with it! 

From the river came the warriors. 
Clean and washed from all their war-paint; 
On the banks their clubs they buried, 
Buried all their war-like weapons. 
Gitche Manito, the mighty. 
The Great Spirit, the creator. 
Smiled upon his helpless children! 

And in silence all the warriors 
Broke the red stone of the quarry. 
Smoothed and formed it into Peace-Pipes, 
Broke the long reeds by the river, 
Decked them with their brightest feathers, 
And departed each one homeward. 
While the Master of Life, ascending. 
Through the opening of cloud-curtains. 
Through the doorways of the heaven. 
Vanished from before their faces. 
In the smoke that rolled around him. 
The Pukwana of the Peace-Pipe! 

TABLEAU, AND INSTRUMENT AI^ MUSIC. 

THE INDIAN MUSIC. 

The article on Indian music may be read by one of the 
readers of the poem "Hiawatha" or by the pianist, who follows 
the paper with instrumental music. 

"The Peace Pipe," "Hiawatha's Love Song," "The Dance 
Song" and Funeral Song are taken from Miss Fletcher's col- 
lections of Indian music in the Century Magazine. The other 
songs have been composed especially for this publication. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 25 

INDIAN MUSIC. 

"The songs of the Indian are the spontaneous outburst of 
his emotions, springing up like the wild flowers of his forests 
and plains. They have been subjected to no conventionalizing 
influence of artificial methods, yet, like the native blossoms, 
they are developed not in violation of, but in strict accordance 
with, those laws which control the structure of all musical 
expression. The study of Indian music adds to the accumlu- 
lating proof of the common mental endowment of all mankind. 

The songs of the Indian are an interpretation of his char- 
acter. From them we discern his religious nature, his attitude 
toward the unseen powers that control him; they are also a 
revelation of his social and tribal relations. 

"Indian music pervades every religious, tribal and social 
ceremony as well as every personal experience. 

"There is not a phase of life that does not find its subjec- 
tive expression in song. Religious rituals are imbedded in it, 
and the reverent recognition of the creation of corn, of the food 
giving animals, of the powers of the air and the fructifying 
sun is passed from one generation to another in melodious 
measures. Song nerves the warrior to deeds of heroism and 
robs death of its terrors. It speeds the spirit to the land of 
the hereafter, and solaces those who live to mourn. 

"Children compose ditties for their games and young men 
add music to give zest to their sports. The lover sings his 
way to the maiden's heart, and the old man tunefully invokes 
those agencies which can avert disaster and death. 

"Choral songs, with the central idea of "peace on earth, 
good will to men" are sung in the religious ceremony of the 
Sacred Peace-Pipes. 

"These are sung in solemn procession in which the pipes 
are raised, borne about the lodge and laid at rest. 

The tableau and music may be given either before or after 
the reading on Indian music. 

This collection made by Miss Fletcher has peculiar interest 



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HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 29 

from a scientific point of view. Only a few had been heard 
by any white person until she obtained that privilege. The 
Indians have no musical notation, no theories of music what- 
soever; the songs are handed down by tradition, and they are 
a purely natural product of the impulses of primitive man — 
the spontaneous result of the universal desire to express emo- 
tion in song. Unfettered as they are by any speculations or 
theories, they afford entirely fresh material for discovering 
what is natural in music, and a rare opportunity for testing 
the naturalness of our own musical perceptions by means of 
comparison. 

HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD. 

By the shining Big-Sea- Water, 
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, 
Dark behind it rose the forest. 
Rose the firs with cones upon them; 
Bright before it beat the water, 
Beat the clear and sunny water, 
Beat the shining Big-Sea- Water. 

There the wrinkled, old Nokomis 
Nursed the little Hiwatha; 
Rocked him in his linden cradle, 
Bedded soft in moss and rushes. 
Safely bound with reindeer sinews; 
Stilled his fretful wail by saying, 
"Hush! the Naked Bear will hear thee!" 
Lulled him into slumber, singing 
"Ewa-yea! my little owlet! 
Who is this that lights the wigwam? 
With his great eyes lights the wigwam? 
Ewa-yea! my little owlet!" 



FIRST SCENE. 
Curtain rises after the reading, showing Nokomis standing 
by a tree rocking the cradle, which is suspended from the 
improvised tree. She sings, while rocking, the lullaby on the 
following page: 







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From "SoiiRS in Season," by Mary S. Conrade and Minnie M. George. A. Flanagan, Pub. 



32 THE PLAN BOOK. 

At the door on summer evenings 
Sat the little Hiawatha, 
Heard the whispering of the pine tree 
Heard the lapping of the water: 

Saw the moon rise from the water, 
Rippling, rounding from the water. 
Saw the flecks and shadows on it. 
Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?" 
And the good Nokomis answered: 
"Once a warrior, very angry. 
Seized his grandmother, and threw her 
Up into the sky at midnight; 
Right against the moon he threw her; 
'Tis her body that you see there." 

Saw the rainbow in the heaven, 
In the eastern sky, the rainbow. 
Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?" 
And the good Nokomis answered: 
"'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there; 
All the wild flowers of the forest. 
All the lilies of the prairie, 
When on earth they fade and perish. 
Blossom in that heaven above us." 

When he heard the owls at midnight. 
Hooting, laughing in the forest, 
"What is that?" he cried in terror; 
"What is that?" he said, "Nokomis?" 
And the good Nokomis answered: 
"That is but the owl and owlet, 
: Talking in their native language. 

Talking, scolding at each other." 
Saw the fire-flies flitting round him. 
Flitting through the dusk of evening, 
With the twinkle of its candle 
Lighting up the brakes and bushes, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 33 

And he sang the song of children, 
Sang the song Nokomis taught him: 
"Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, 
Little, flitting, white-fire insect. 
Little, dancing, white-fire creature, 
Light me with your little candle. 
Ere upon my bed I lay me, 
Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!" 

Selection from Hiawatha's Childhood, beginning, "At the 
door on summer evenings," and concluding with "Sang the 
song Nokomis taught him." 

SECOND SCENE. 

Child representing Hiawatha now sings the fire-fly song, 
sitting in tent door: 

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From' 'Songs in Season," by Mary S. Conrade and M. M. George. A. Flanagan, Publisher. 



36 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Then the little Hiawatha 
Learned of every bird its language, 
Learned their names and all their secrets, 
How they built their nests in Summer, 
Where they hid themselves in Winter, 
Talked with them whene'er he met them. 
Called them ''Hiawatha's Chickens." 

Of all beasts he learned the language, 
Learned their names and all their secrets. 
How the beavers built their lodges, 
Where the squirrels hid their acorns, 
How the reindeer ran so swiftly, 
Why the rabbit was so timid. 
Talked with them whene'er he met them. 
Called them "Hiawatha's Brothers." 

Then lagoo (e-a-goo) the great boaster, 
He, the marvelous story-teller, 
He, the traveller and the talker. 
He, the friend of old Nokomis, 
Made a bow for Hiawatha; 
From a branch of ash he made it. 
From an oak-bough made the arrows. 
Tipped with flint, and winged with feathers, 
And the cord he made of deer-skin. 
Then he said to Hiawatha: 
"Go, my son, into the forest. 
Where the red deer herd together, > 
Kill for us a famous roebuck, 
Kill for us a deer with antlers!" 

THIRD TABLEAU — HIAWATHA's HUNTING. 

Curtain rises showing Hiawatha, as a boy, in hunting 
costume, with bow and arrow. He faces audience for an in- 
stant or crosses the platform and disappears. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 37 

Forth into the forest straightway 
All alone walked Hiawatha 

Proudly with his bow and arrows; 

And the birds sang round him, o'er him, 

''Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!" 
Up the oak-tree, close beside him. 

Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo (ad-ji-dau-mo), 

In and out among the branches, 

Coughed and chattered from the oak-tree, 

Laughed, and said between his laughing, 

"Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!" 
And the rabbit from his pathway 

Leaped aside, and at a distance 

Sat erect upon his haunches. 

Half in fear and half in frolic, 

Saying to the little hunter, 

"Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!" 

But he heeded not, nor heard them, 

For his thoughts were with the red deer; 

On their tracks his eyes were fastened, 

Leading downward to the river. 

To the ford across the river. 

And as one in slumber walked he. 

Hidden in the alder-bushes. 
There he waited till the deer came. 
Till he saw two antlers lifted, 
Saw two eyes look from the thicket. 
Saw two nostrils point to windward, 
And a deer came down the pathway, 
Flecked with leafy light and shadow. 
And his heart within him fluttered, 
Trembled like the leaves above him. 
Like the birch leaf palpitated, 
As the deer came down the pathway. 

Then, upon one knee, uprising, 
Hiawatha aimed an arrow; 



38 



THE PLAN BOOK. 




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HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 39 

TABLEAU. 

The tableau may be arranged to represent Hiawatha on 
bended knee, aiming at a deer. 

V. 

Scarce a twig moved with his motion, 
Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled. 
But the wary roebuck started, 
Stamped with all his hoofs together, 
Listened with one foot uplifted. 
Leaped as if to meet the arrow, 
Ah! the singing, fatal arrow; 
Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him! 

Dead he lay there in the forest, 
By the ford across the river; 
Beat his timid heart no longer, 
But the heart of Hiawatha 
Throbbed and shouted and exulted. 
As he bore the red deer homeward, 
And lagoo and Nokomis 
Hailed his coming with applauses. 

From the red deer's hide Nokomis 
Made a cloak for Hiawatha, 
From the red deer's flesh Nokomis 
Made a banquet in his honor. 
All the village came and feasted, 
All the guests praised Hiawatha, 
Called him Strong-Heart, Soan-ge-taha! 
Called him Lion-Heart, Mahn-go-tayseel 

VI. 
HIAWATHA'S MANHOOD. 

Out of childhood into manhood 
Now had grown my Hiawatha, 
Skilled in all the craft of hunters, 
Learned in all the lore of old men. 



40 THE PLAN BOOK. 

In all youthful sports and pastimes, 
In all manly arts and labors. 

Swift of foot was Hiawatha; 
He could shoot an arrow from him, 
And run forward with such fleetness, 
That the arrow fell behind him! 
Strong of arm was Hiawatha; 
He could shoot ten arrows upward, 
Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, 
That the tenth had left the bow-string 
Ere the first to earth had fallen! 

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, 
Magic mittens made of deer-skin; 
When upon his hands he wore them, 
He could smite the rocks asunder. 
He could grind them into powder. 
He had moccasins enchanted. 
Magic moccasins of deer-skin; 
When he bound them round his ankles, 
When upon his feet he tied them, 
At each stride a mile he measured! 

From his lodge went Hiawatha, 
Dressed for travel, armed for hunting, 
Dressed in deer-skin shirt and leggings. 
Richly wrought with quills and wampum. 
On his head his eagle-feathers. 
Round his waist his belt of wampum. 
In his hand his bow of ash-wood, 
Strung with sinews of the reindeer; 
In his quiver oaken arrows, 
Tipped with jasper, winged with feathers; 
With his mittens, Minjekahwun, 
With his moccasins enchanted. 
Forth he strode into the forest, 
At each stride a mile he measured; 




HIAWATHA AS A MAN. 

(41) 



42 THE PLAN BOOK. 

FIFTH TABLEAU. ' 

Hiawatha appears, grown to manliood, armed witli bow and 
arrows and decorated with paint and feather head dress. 

HIAWATHA'S FASTING. 

You shall hear how Hiawatha 
Prayed and fasted in the forest, 
Not for greater skill in hunting, 
Not for greater craft in fishing, 
Not for triumphs in the battle, 
And renown among the warriors, 
But for profit of the people, 
For advantage of the nations. 

First he built a lodge for fasting, 
Built a wigwam in the forest, 
By the shining Big-Sea- Water, 
In the blithe and pleasant Spring-time, 
In the Moon of Leaves he built it, 
And, with dreams and visions many. 
Seven whole days and nights he fasted. 

On the first day of his fasting 
Through the leafy woods he wandered; 
Saw the deer start from the thicket. 
Saw the rabbit in his burrow, 
Heard the pheasant, Bena, drumming, 
Heard the squirrel, Adjidaumo, 
Rattling in his hoard of acorns, 
Saw the pigeon, the Omeme, 
Building nests among the pine-trees. 
And in flocks the wild goose, Wawa, 
Flying to the fen-lands northward. 
Whirring, wailing far above him. 
"Master of Life!" he cried, desponding, 
^'Must our lives depend on these things?" 

On the next day of his fasting 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 43 

By the river's brink he wandered, 
Through the Muskoday, the meadow, 
Saw the wild rice and the blueberry. 
Saw the strawberry and the gooseberry, 
And the grape-vine, the Bemahgut, 
Trailing o'er the alder-branches. 
Filling all the air with fragrance! 
"Master of Life!" he cried, desponding, 
"Must our lives depend on these things?" 

On the third day of his fasting 
By the lake he sat and pondered, 
By the still, transparent water; 
Saw the sturgeon, Nahma, leaping. 
Scattering drops like beads of wampum, 
Saw the yellow perch, the Sahwa, 
Like a sunbeam in the water, 
"Master of Life!" he cried, desponding, 
"Must our lives depend on these things?" 

On the fourth day of his fasting 
In his lodge he lay exhausted; 
From his couch of leaves and branches 
Gazing with half-open eyelids, 
Full of shadowy dreams and visions, 
On the dizzy, swimming landscape. 
On the gleaming of the water. 
On the splendor of the sunset. 

And he saw a youth approaching. 
Dressed in garments green and yellow. 
Coming through the purple twilight, 
Through the splendor of the sunset; 
Plumes of green bent o'er his forehead, 
And his hair was soft and golden. 

Standing at the open doorway, 
Long he looked at Hiawatha, 
Looked with pity and compassion 



44 THE PLAN BOOK. 

On his wasted form and features, 
And, in accents like the sighing 
Of the South- Wind in the tree-tops, 
Said he, "O, my Hiawatha! 
All your prayers are heard in heaven, 
For you pray not like the others; 
Not for greater skill in hunting, 
Not for greater craft in fishing, 
Not for triumph in the battle. 
Nor renown among the warriors. 
But for profit of the people, 
For advantage of the nations. 

''From the Master of Life descending, 
I, the friend of man, Mondamin, 
Come to warn you and instruct you, 
How by struggle and by labor 
You shall gain what you have prayed for. 
Rise up from your bed of branches, 
Rise, O youth, and wrestle with me." 

Faint with famine, Hiawatha 
Started from his bed of branches. 
From the twilight of his wigwam 
Forth into the flush of sunset 
Came, and wrestled with Mondamin; 
At his touch he felt new courage 
Throbbing in his brain and bosom, 
Felt new life and hope and vigor 
Run through every nerve and fibre. 

So they wrestled there together 
In the glory of the sunset, 
And the more they strove and struggled, 
Stronger still grew Hiawatha; 
Till the darkness fell around them, 

" 'Tis enough!" then said Mondamin, 
Smiling upon Hiawatha, 



HIAWATHA DRA:^rATlZP:D. 45 

But to-morrow, when the sun sets, 
I will come again to try you." 
And he vanished and was seen not; 
Whether sinking as the rain sinks. 
Whether rising as the mists rise, 
Hiawatha saw not, knew not. 
Only saw that he had vanished, 
Leaving him alone and fainting. 
With the misty lake below him, 
And the reeling stars above him. 

On the morrow and the next day. 
When the sun through heaven descending, 
Like a red and burning cinder 
From the hearth of the Great Spirit, 
Fell into the western waters, 
Came Mondamin for the trial, 
For the strife with Hiawatha; 
Came as silent as the dew comes. 
From the empty air appearing, 
Into empty air returning. 
Taking shape when earth it touches 
But invisible to all men 
In its coming and its going. 

Thrice they wrestled there together 
In the glory of the sunset. 
Till the darkness fell around them. 
Tall and beautiful he stood there. 
In his garments green and yellow; 
To and fro his plumes above him 
Waved and nodded with his breathing. 
And the sweat of the encounter 
Stood like drops of dew upon him. 

And he cried "O Hiawatha! 
Bravely have you wrestled with me, 
Thrice have wrestled stoutly with me. 



46 THE PLAN BOOK. 

And the Master of Life, who sees us, 
He will give to you the triumph!" 

Then he smiled and said: "To-morrow 
Is the last day of your conflict. 
Is the last day of your fasting. 
You will conquer and o'ercome me; 
Make a bed for me to lie in, 
Where the rain may fall upon me, 
Where the sun may come and warm me; 
Strip these garments, green and yellow, 
Strip this nodding plumage from me, 
Lay me in the earth and make it 
Soft and loose and light above me. 

"Let no hand disturb my slumber, 
Let no weed nor worm molest me, 
Let not Kahgahgee, the raven, 
Come to haunt me and molest me, 
Only come yourself to watch me, 
Till I wake, and start, and quicken, 
Till I leap into the sunshine." 

And thus saying, he departed. 

On the morrow came Nokomis, 
On the seventh day of his fasting, 
Came with food for Hiawatha, 
Came imploring and bewailing, 
Lest his hunger should o'ercome him, 
Lest his fasting should be fatal. 

But he tasted not, and touched not, 
Only said to her, "Nokomis, 
Wait until the sun is setting. 
Till the darkness falls around us, 
Tells us that the day is ended." 

Homeward weeping went Nokomis, 
Sorrowing for her Hiawatha, 
Fearing lest his strength should fail him, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 47 

Lest his fasting should be fatal. 
He meanwhile sat weary waiting 
For the coming of Mondamin, 
Till the shadows, pointing eastward, 
Lengthened over field and forest, 
Till the sun dropped from the heaven, 
Floating on the waters westward, 
As a red leaf in the Autumn 
Fall and floats upon the water, 
Falls and sinks into its bosom. 

And behold! the young Mondamin, 
With his soft and shining tresses, 
With his garments green and yellow, 
With, his long and glossy plumage. 
Stood and beckoned at the doorway. 
And as one in slumber walking. 
Pale and haggard, but undaunted. 
From the wigwam Hiawatha 
Came and wrestled with Mondamin. 

Round about him spun the landscape, 
Sky and forest reeled together. 
And his strong heart leaped within him. 
As the sturgeon leaps and struggles 
In a net to break its meshes. 
Like a ring of fire around him 
Blazed and flared the red horizon, 
And a hundred suns seemed looking 
At the combat of the wrestlers. 
Suddenly upon the greensward 
All alone stood Hiawatha, 
Panting with his wild exertion, 
Palpitating with the struggle; 
And before him, breathless, lifeless. 
Lay the youth, with hair dishevelled, 
Plumage torn, and garments tattered, 



48 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Dead he lay there in the sunset. 

And victorious Hiawatha 
Made the grave as he commanded, 
Stripped the garments from Mondamin, 
Stripped his tattered plumage from him, 
Laid him in the earth, and made it 
Soft and loose and light above him; 

Homeward then went Hiawatha 
To the lodge of old Nokomis, 
And the seven days of his fasting 
Were accomplished and completed. 
But the place was not forgotten 
Where he wrestled with Mondamin; 
Nor forgotten nor neglected 
Was the grave where lay Mondamin, 
Sleeping in the rain and sunshine, 
Where his scattered plumes and garments 
Faded in the rain and sunshine. 

Day by day did Hiawatha 
Go to wait and watch beside it; 
Kept the dark mould soft above it. 
Kept it clean from weeds and insects, 
Drove away, with scoffs and shoutings, 
Kahgahgee, the king of ravens. 

Till at length a small green feather 
From the earth shot slowly upward. 
Then another and another. 
And before the summer ended 
Stood the maize in all its beauty, 
With its shining robes about it, 
And its long, soft, yellow tresses; 
And in rapture Hiawatha 
Cried aloud, "It is Mondamin! 
Yes, the friend of man, Mondamin!" 

Then he called to old Nokomis 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 49 

And lagoo, the great boaster, 
Showed them where the maize was growing, 
Told them of his wondrous vision, 
Of his wrestling and his triumph. 
Of this new gift to the nations. 
Which should be their food forever. 
And still later, when the Autumn 
Changed the long, green leaves to yellow, 
And the soft and juicy kernels 
Grew like wampum hard and yellow. 
Then the ripened ears he gathered, 
Stripped the withered husks from off them, 
As he once had stripped the wrestler, 
Gave the first feast of Mondamin, 
And made known unto the people 
This new gift of the Great Spirit. 

If a number of pupi s are assisting with the readings or recitations, divide the "Fasting" into 
four or five sections and assign them to different pupils. 

SIXTH TABLEAU, 

Curtain rises, showing a pile of husked corn lying by the 
wigwam, a number of ears hanging from the poles of wigwam, 
and a shock of corn standing near by. 

HIAWATHA'S WOOING. 

In the land of the Dacotahs, 
Where the Falls of Minnehaha* 
Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, 
Laugh and leap into the valley, 

There the ancient arrrow-maker 
Made his arrow-heads of sandstone, 
Arrow-heads of chalcedony 
Arrow-heads of flint and jasper. 
Smoothed and sharpened at the edges, 



♦These Falls, located on the river of the same name, are sixty feet in height and are noted for 
their exceeding beauty, .\bout five miles southeast of Minneapolis, they are one-half mile from the 
Mississippi. 



50 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Hard and polished, keen and costly. 

With him dwelt his dark-eyed daughter, 
Wayward as the Minnehaha, 
With her moods of shade and sunshine. 
Eyes that smiled and frowned alternate. 
Feet as rapid as the river. 
Tresses flowing like the water. 
And as musical a laughter; 
And he named her from the river, 
From the water-fall he named her, 
Minnehaha, Laughing Water. 

Was it then for heads of arrows, 
Arrow-heads of chalcedony, 
Arrow-heads of flint and jasper. 
That my Hiawatha journeyed 
In the land of the Dacotahs? 

Was it not to see the maiden. 
See the face of Laughing Water 
Peeping from behind the curtain. 
Hear the rustling of her garments 
From behind the waving curtain, 
As one sees the Minnehaha 
Gleaming, glancing through the branches, 
As one hears the Laughing Water 
From behind its screen of branches? 

VII. TABLEAU. 

Minnehaha, standing as shown in picture, or peeping from 
the wigwam at Hiawatha. 

HIAWATHA'S WOOING. 

"As unto the bow the cord is. 

So unto the man is woman, 

Though she bends him, she obeys him. 

Though she draws him, yet she follows, 

Useless each without the other!" 




MINNFCHAHA. 
(51) 



52 



THE PLAN BOOK. 

Thus the youthful Hiawatha 
Said within himself and pondered, 
Much perplexed by various feelings, 
Listless, longing, hoping, fearing. 
Dreaming still of Minnehaha, 
Of the lovely Laughing Water, 
In the land of the Dacotahs. 

"Wed a maiden of your people," 
Warning, said the old Nokomis; 
"Go not eastward, go not westward. 
For a stranger whom we know not! 
Like a fire upon the hearthstone 
Is a neighbor's homely daughter. 
Like the starlight or the moonlight 
Is the handsomest of strangers!" 

Thus dissuading spake Nokomis, 
And my Hiawatha answered 
Only this: "Dear old Nokomis, 
Very pleasant is the firelight, 
But I like the starlight better. 
Better do I like the moonlight!" 

Gravely then said old Nokomis: 
"Bring not here an idle maiden, 
Bring not here a useless woman, 
Hands unskillful, feet unwilling; 
Bring a wife with nimble fingers. 
Heart and hand that move together, 
Feet that run on willing errands!" 
Smiling answered Hiawatha: 
"In the land of the Dacotahs 
Lives the arrow-maker's daughter, 
Minnehaha, Laughing Water, 
Handsomest of all the women. 
I will bring her to your wigwam. 
She shall run upon your errands, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 53 

Be your starlight, moonlight, firelight, 
Be the sunlight of my people!" 

Still dissuading said Nokomis: 
"Bring not to my lodge a stranger 
From the land of the Dacotahs! 
Very fierce are the Dacotahs, 
Often is there war between us. 
There are feuds yet unforgotten, 
Wounds that ache and still may open!" 

Laughing answered Hiawatha: 
"For that reason, if no other. 
Would I wed the fair Dacotah, 
That our tribes might be united, 
That old feuds might be forgotten. 
And old wounds be healed forever!" 

Thus departed Hiawatha 
To the land of the Dacotahs, 
To the land of handsome women; 
Striding over moor and meadow. 
Through interminable forests, 
Through uninterrupted silence. 

With his moccasins of magic, 
At each stride a mile he measured; 
Yet the way seemed long before him, 
And his heart outrun his footsteps; 
And he journeyed without resting. 
Till he heard the cataract's laughter, 
Heard the Falls of Minnehaha 
Calling to him through the silence. 
"Pleasant is the sound!" he murmured, 
"Pleasant is the voice that calls me!" 

On the outskirts of the forest, 
'Twixt the shadow and the sunshine. 
Herds of fallow deer were feeding, 
But they saw not Hiawatha; 



54 THE PLAN BOOK. 

To his bow he whispered, ''Fail not!" ^ 
To his arrow whispered, "Swerve notl" 
Sent it singing on it errand, 
To the red heart of the roebuck; 
Threw the deer across his shoulder, 
And sped forward without pausing. 
LOVE SONG. 
Hiawatha or another singer behind the curtain now sings 
the Indian "Love Song." 

At the doorway of his wigwam 
Sat the ancient Arrow-maker, 
In the land of the Dacotahs, 
Making arrow-heads of jasper, 
Arrow-heads of chalcedony. 
At his side, in all her beauty, 
Sat the lovely Minnehaha, 
Plaiting mats of flags and rushes; 
Of the past the old man's thoughts were, 
And the maiden's of the future. 

He was thinking, as he sat there. 
Of the days when with such arrows 
He had struck the deer and bison, 
On the Muskoday, the meadow; 
Thinking of the great war-parties, 
How they came to buy his arrows. 
Could not fight without his arrows. 
Oh, no more such noble warriors 
Could be found on earth as they were! 
Now the men were all like women. 
Only used their tongues for weapons! 

She was thinking of a hunter, 
From another tribe and country. 
Young and tall and very handsome, 
Who one morning, in the Spring-time, 



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THE PLAN BOOK. 




HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 57 

Came to buy her father's arrows, 
Sat and rested in the wigwam, 
Lingered long about the doorway, 
Looking back as he departed. 
She had heard her father praise him, 
Praise his courage and his wisdom; 
Would he come again for arrows 
To the Falls of Minnehaha? 
On the mat her hands lay idle. 
And her eyes were very dreamy. 

EIGHTH TABLEAU. 

Represents arrow-maker seated in the door of his wigwam, 
with Minnehaha at his side. She holds a mat of rushes which 
she has been weaving, and looks away into the distance. 

Through their thoughts they heard a footstep. 
Heard a rustling in the branches, 
And with glowing cheek and forehead. 
With the deer upon his shoulders, 
Suddenly from out the woodlands 
Hiawatha stood before them. 

Straight the ancient Arrow-maker 
Looked up gravely from his labor. 
Laid aside the unfinished arrow, 
Bade him enter at the doorway, 
Saying, as he rose to meet him, 
"Hiawatha, you are welcome!" 

At the feet of Laughing Water 
Hiawatha laid his burden. 
Threw the red deer from his shoulders; 
And the maiden looked up at him. 
Looked up from her mat of rushes, 
Said with gentle look and accent, 
"You are welcome, Hiawatha!" 



58 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Very spacious was the wigwam, 
Made of deer-skin dressed and whitened, 
With the Gods of the Dacotahs 
Drawn and painted on its curtains, 
And so tall the doorway, hardly 
Hiawatha stooped to enter, 
Hardly touched his eagle-feathers 
As he entered at the doorway 

Then uprose the Laughing Water, 
From the ground, fair Minnehaha 
Laid aside her mat unfinished, 
Brought forth food and set before them, 
Water brought them from the brooklet, 
Gave them food in earthen vessels, 
Gave them drink in bowls of bass-wood, 
Listened while the guest was speaking, 
Listened while her father answered. 
But not once her lips she opened. 
Not a single word she uttered. 

Yes, as in a dream, she listened 
To the words of Hiawatha, 
As he talked of old Nookomis 
Who had nursed him in his childhood, 
As he told of his companions. 
And of happiness and plenty 
In the lands of the Ojibways, 
In the pleasant land and peaceful. 

"After many years of warfare, 
Many years of strife and bloodshed. 
There is peace between the Ojibways 
And the tribe of the Dacotahs." 
Thus continued Hiawatha, 
And then added, speaking slowly, 
"That this peace may last for ever. 
And our hands be clasped more closely, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 59 

And our hearts be more united, 
Give me as my wife this maiden, 
Minnehaha, Laughing Water, 
Loveliest of Dacotah women!" 

And the ancient Arrow-maker 
Paused a moment ere he answered, 
Smoked a little while in silence, 
Looked at Hiawatha proudly. 
Fondly looked at Laughing Water, 
And made answer very gravely: 
"Yes, if Minnehaha wishes; 
Let your heart speak, Minnehaha!" 

And the lovely Laughing Water 
Seemed more lovely, as she stood there, 
Neither willing nor reluctant. 
As she went to Hiawatha, 
Softly took the seat beside him, 
While she said, and blushed to say it, 
"I will follow you, my husband!" 
' This was Hiawatha's wooing! 

Thus it was he won the daughter 
Of the ancient Arrow-marker, 
In the land of the Dacotahs! 

From the wigwam he departed. 
Leading with him Laughing Water; 

NINTH TABLEAU. 

Hiawatha and Minnehaha stand hand in hand ready to de- 
part. 

Hand in hand they went together. 

Through the woodland and the meadow. 
Left the old man standing lonely 
At the doorway of his wigwam, 
Heard the Falls of Minnehaha 
Calling to them from the distance, 



60 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Crying to them from afar off, 
"Fare thee well, O Minnehaha!" 

And the ancient Arrow-maker 
Turned again unto his labor. 
Sat down by his sunny doorway. 
Murmuring to himself, and saying: 
"Thus it is our daughters leave us, 
Those we love, and those who love us! 
Just when they have learned to help us, 
When we are old and lean upon them, 
Comes a youth with flaunting feathers^ 
With his flute of reeds, a stranger 
Wanders piping through the village, 
Beckons to the fairest maiden. 
And she follow where he leads her. 
Leaving all things for the stranger!" 

Pleasant was the journey homeward. 
Over meadow, over mountain, 
Over river, hill, and hollow. 
Short it seemed to Hiawatha, 
Though they journeyed very slowly, 
Though his pace he checked and slackened 
To the steps of Laughing Water. 

Over wide and rushing rivers 
In his arms he bore the maiden; 
Light he thought her as a feather, 
As the plume upon his head-gear; 
Cleared the tangled pathway for her, 
Bent aside the swa3ang branches, 
Made at night a lodge of branches. 
And a bed with boughs of hemlock. 
And a fire before the doorway 
With the dry cones of the pine-tree. 

All the travelling winds went with them, 
O'er the meadow, through the forest; 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 61 

All the Stars of night looked at them, 
Watched with sleepless eyes their slumber. 

Pleasant was the journey homeward! 
All the birds sang loud and sweetly 
Songs of happiness and heart's-ease; 
Sang the bluebird, the Ovvaissa, 
^'Happy are you, Hiawatha, 
Having such a wife to love youl" 
Sang the robin, the Opechee, 
"Happy are you. Laughing Water, 
Having such a noble husband!" 

From the sky the sun benignant 
Looked upon them through the branches, 
Saying to them, "O my children. 
Love is sunshine, hate is shadow, 
Life is checkered shade and sunshine. 
Rule by love, O Hiawatha!" 

From the sky the moon looked at them, 
Filled the lodge with mystic splendors, 
Wispered to them, "O my children, 
Day is restless, night is quiet, 
Man imperious, woman feeble; 
Half is mine, although I follow; 
Rule by patience. Laughing Water!" 

Thus it was they journeyed homeward; 
Thus it was that Hiawatha 
To the lodge of old Nokomis 
Brought the moonlight, starlight, firelight, 
Brought the sunshine of his people, 
Minnehaha, Laughing Water, 
Handsomest of all the women 
In the land of the Dacotahs, 
In the land of handsome women. 

TABLEAU. 

The Arrival Home. Hiawatha and Minnehaha greet No- 
komis at lodge door. 



62 THE PLAN BOOK. 

HIAWATHA'S WEDDING-FEAST. 
Sumptuous was the feast Nokomis 
Made at Hiawatha's wedding; 
All the bowls were made of bass-wood, 
White and polished very smoothly, 
All the spoons of horn of bison, 
Black and polished very smoothly. H 

She had sent through all the village 
Messengers with wands of willow. 
As a sign of invitation. 
As a token of the feasting; 
And the wedding guests assembled, 
Clad in all their richest raiment, 
Robes of fur and belts of wampum. 
Splendid with their paint and plumage, 
Beautiful with beads and tassels. 
First they ate the sturgeon, Nahma, 

And the pike, the Maskenozha, 

Caught and cooked by old Nokomis; 

Then on pemican they feasted, 

Pemican and buffalo marrow, 

Haunch of deer and hump of bison. 

Yellow cakes of the Mondamin, 

And the wild rice of the river. 
But the gracious Hiawatha, 

And the lovely Laughing Water, 

And the careful old Nokomis, 

Tasted not the food before them, 

Only waited on the others, 

Only served their guests in silence. c 

And when all the guests had finished, 

Old Nokomis, brisk and busy. 

From an ample pouch of otter, 

Filled the red stone pipes for smoking 

With tobacco from the South-land, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 63 

Mixed with bark of the red willow, 
And with herbs and leaves of fragrance. 

Then she said, "O Pau-Puk-Keewis, . 
Dance for U3 your merry dances. 
Dance the Beggar's Dance to please us, 
That the feast may be more joyous, 
That the time may pass more gayly. 
And our guests be more contented!" 

Then the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis, 
He, the idle Yenadizze, 
He, the merry mischief-maker. 
Whom the people called the Storm-Fool, 
Rose among the guests assembled. 

Skilled was he in sports and pastimes, 
In the merry dance of snow-shoes, 
In the play of quoits and ball-play; 
Skilled was he in games of hazard. 
In all games of skill and hazard, 
Though the warriors called him Faint-Heart, 
Called him coward, Shaugodaya, 
Idler, gambler, Yenadizze, 
Little heeded he their jesting. 
Little cared he for their insults, 
For the women and the maidens 
Loved the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis. 

He was dressed in shirt of doe-skin. 
White and soft, and fringed with ermine, 
All inwrought with beads of wampum; 
He was dressed in deer-skin leggings. 
Fringed with hedgehog quills and ermine. 
And in moccasins of buck-skin. 
Thick with quills and beads embroidered. 
On his head were plumes of swan's down, 
On his heels were tails of foxes. 
In one hand a fan of feathers, 



^4 THE PLAN BOOK, 

And a pipe was in the other. 

Barred with streaks of red and yellow, 
Streaks of blue and bright vermilion, 
Shone the face of Pau-Puk-Keewis. 
From his forehead fell his tresses, 
Smooth, and parted like a woman's. 
Shining bright with oil, and plaited, 
Hung with braids of scented grasses. 
As among the guests assembled. 
To the sound of flutes and singing, 
To the sound of drums and voices. 
Rose the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis, 
And began his mystic dances. 

First he danced a solemn measure, 
Very slow in step and gesture, 
In and out among the pine-trees, 
Through the shadows and the sunshine, 
Treading softly like a panther. 
Then more swiftly and still swifter, 
Whirling, spinning round in circles, 
Leaping o'er the guests assembled, 
Eddying round and round the wigwam, 
Till the leaves went whirling with him. 
Till the dust and wind together 
Swept in eddies round about him. 

Then along the sandy margin 
Of the lake, the Big-Sea- Water, 
On he sped with frenzied gestures, 
Stamped upon the sand, and tossed it 
Wildly in the air about him; 
Till the wind became a whirlwind, 
Till the sand was blown and sifted 
Like great snowdrifts o'er the landscape, 
Heaping all the shores with Sand Dunes, 
Sand Hills of the Nagow Wuddjoo. 



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66 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Thus the merry Pau-Puk-Keewis 
Danced his Beggar's Dance to please them, 
And, returning, sat down laughing 
There among the guests assembled, 
Sat and fanned himself serenely 
With his fan of turkey-feathers. 
" The Dance Song'' may be played softly during the reading 
or after the reading is concluded. 

Then they said to Chibiabos, 
To the friend of Hiawatha, 
To the sweetest of all singers, 
To the best of all musicians, 
"Sing to us, O Chibiabos! 
Songs of love and songs of longing. 
That the feast may be more joyous. 
That the time may pass more gayly. 
And our guests be more contented!" 

And the gentle Chibiabos 
Sang in accents sweet and tender, 
Sang in tones of deep emotion, 
Songs of love and songs of longing; 
Looking still at Hiawatha, 
Looking at fair Laughing Water, 
Sang he softly, sang in this wise: 

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chibiabos' love song. 

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"Onaway! Awake, beloved! 
Thou the wild-flower of the forest! 
Thou the wild-bird of the prairie! 
Thou with eyes so soft and fawn-like! 

"If thou only lookest at me, 
I am happy, I am happy. 



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HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 69 

As the lilies of the prairie, 

When they feel the dew upon them! 

"Sweet thy breath is as the fragrance 
Of the wild-flowers in the morning, 
As their fragrance is at evening, 
In the Moon when leaves are falling. 

"Does not all the blood within me 
Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee, 
As the springs to meet the sunshine. 
In the Moon when nights are brightest? 

"Onaway, my heart sings to thee, 
Sings with joy when thou art near me. 
As the sighing, singing branches 
In the pleasant days of springtime! 

"When thou art not pleased, beloved, 
Then my heart is sad and darkened. 
As the shining river darkens 
When the clouds drop shadows on it! 

"When thou smilest, my beloved. 
Then my troubled heart is brightened, 
As in sunshine gleam the ripples 
That the cold wind makes in rivers. 

"Smiles the earth, and smile the waters. 
Smile the cloudless skies above us, 
But I lose the way of smiling 
When thou art no longer near me! 

"I myself, myself! behold me! 
Blood of my beating heart, behold me! 
O awake, awake, beloved! 
Onaway! awake, beloved!" 

Thus the gentle Chibiabos 
Sang his song of love and longing; 
And lagoo, the great boaster, 
He, the marvelous story-teller. 
He, the friend of old Nokomis, 



70 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Jealous of the sweet musician. 
Jealous of the applause they gave him, 
Saw in all the eyes around him 
Saw in all their looks and gestures, 
That the wedding guests assembled 
Longed to hear his pleasant stories, 
His immeasurable falsehoods. 

Very boastful was lagoo; (e-a-goo) 
Never heard he an adventure 
But himself had met a greater; 
But himself had done a bolder; 
Never any marvelous story 
But himself could tell a stranger. 
He it was who carved the cradle 
Of the little Hiawatha, 
Carved its frame work out of linden, 
Bound it strong with reindeer sinews; 
He it was who taught him later 
How to make his bows and arrows, 
How to make the bows of ash tree 
And the arrows of the oak tree. 
So among the guests assembled 
At my Hiawatha's wedding, 
Sat lagoo old and ugly, 
Sat the marvelous story-teller. 

Would you listen to his boasting, 
Would you only give him credence, 
No one ever shot an arrow 
Half so far and high as he had; 
Ever caught so many fishes. 
Ever killed so many reindeer. 
Ever trapped so many beaver! 

None could run so fast as he could 
None could dive so deep as he could, 
None could swim so far as he could; 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 71 

None had made so many journeys, 
None had seen so many wonders^ 
* As this wonderful lagoo, 
As this marvelous story-teller! 

Thus his name became a by-word 
And a jest among the people; 
And whene'er a boastful hunter 
Praised his own address too highly, 
Or a warrior, home returning, 
Talked too much of his achievements, 
All his hearers cried, "lagoo! 
Here's lagoo come among us!" 

And they said, "O good lagoo, 
Tell us now a tale of wonder. 
Tell us of some strange adventure. 
That the feast may be more joyous. 
That the time may pass more gayly, 
And our guests be more contented!" 

And lagoo answered straightway, 
"You shall hear a tale of wonder. 
You shall hear of strange adventures." 

Such was Hiawatha's wedding. 
Such the dance of Pau-Puk-Keewis, 
With the story of lagoo, 
And the song of Chibiabos; 
Thus the wedding banquet ended, 
And the wedding guests departed, 
Leaving Hiawatha happy 
With the night and Minnehaha. 
Sing, O Song of Hiawatha, 
Of the happy days that followed. 
In the land of the Ojibways, 
In the pleasant land and peaceful! 
Sing the mysteries of Mondamin, 
Sing the Blessing of the Corn-fields! 



72 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Buried was the bloody hatchet, 
Buried was the dreadful war-club, 
Buried were all war-like weapons. 
And the war-cry was forgotten. 
There was peace among the nations; 
Unmolested roved the hunters, 
Built the birch canoe for sailing, 
Caught the fish in lake and river. 
Shot the deer and trapped the beaver; 
Unmolested worked the women. 
Made their sugar from the maple, 
Gathered wild rice in the meadows, 
Dressed the skins of deer and beaver. 

All around the happy village 
Stood the maize-fields, green and shining, 
Waved the green plumes of Mondamin, 
Waved his soft and sunny tresses. 
Filling all the land with plenty. 

THE FAMINE. 

O the long and dreary Winter! 
O the cold and cruel Winter! 
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker 
Froze the ice on lake and river, 
Ever deeper, deeper, deeper. 
Fell the snow o'er all the landscape. 
Fell the covering snow, and drifted 
Through the forest, round the village. 

Hardly from his buried wigwam 
Could the hunter force a passage; 
With his mittens and his show-shoes 
Vainly walked he through the forest. 
Sought for bird or beast and found none, 
Saw no track of deer or rabbit, 
In the snow beheld no footprints. 
In the ghastly, gleaming forest 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 73 

Fell, and could not rise from weakness, 
Perished there from cold and hunger. 

All the earth was sick and famished; 
Hungry was the air around them, 
Hungry was the sky above them, 
And the hungry stars in heaven 
Like the eyes of wolves glared at them! 

Into Hiawatha's wigwam 
Came two other guests as silent 
As the ghosts were, and as gloomy, 
Waited not to be invited. 
Did not parley at the doorway. 
Sat there without a word of welcome 
In the seat of Laughing Water, 
Looked with haggard eyes and hollow 
At the face of Laughing Water. 

And the foremost said: "Behold mel 
I am Famine, Bukadawin!" 
And the other said: "Behold me! 
I am Fever, Ahkosewin!" 

And the lovely Minnehaha 
Shuddered as they looked upon her, 
Shuddered at the words they uttered. 
Lay down on her bed in silence. 
Hid her face, but made no answer; 
Lay there trembling, freezing, burning 
At the looks they cast upon her, 
At the fearful words they uttered. 

Forth into the empty forest 
Rushed the maddened Hiawatha; 
In his heart was deadly sorrow. 
In his face a stony firmness; 
On his brow the sweat of anguish 
Started, but it froze and fell not. 

Wrapped in furs and armed for hunting, 



74 THE PLAN BOOK. 

With his mighty bow of ash-tree, 
With his quiver full of arrows, 
Into the vast and vacant forest 
On his snow-shoes strode he forward. 

"Gitche Manito, the Mighty!" 
Cried he with his face uplifted 
In that bitter hour of anguish, 
"Give your children food, O father! 
Give us food or we must perish! 
Give me food for Minnehaha, 
For my dying Minnehaha!" 

Through the far-resounding forest, 
Through the forest vast and vacant 
Rang that cry of desolation, 
But there came no other answer 
Than the echo of his crying, 
Than the echo of the woodlands, 
"Minnehaha! Minnehaha!" 

All day long roved Hiawatha 
In that melancholy forest. 
Through the shadow of whose thickets. 
In the pleasant days of Summer, 
Of that ne'er forgotten Summer, 
He had brought his young wife homeward, 
From the land of the Dacotahs; 
When the birds sang in the thickets. 
And the streamlets laughed and glistened, 
And the air was full of fragrance. 
And the lovely Laughing Water 
Said with voice that did not tremble, 
*"I will follow you, my husband!" 

In the wigwam with Nokomis, 
With those gloomy guests that watched her, 
With the Famine and the Fever, 
She, was lying, the Beloved, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 75 

She the dying Minnehaha. 

"Hark!" she said; "I hear a rushing, 
. Hear a roaring and a rushing, 
Hear the falls of Minnehaha 
Calling to me from a distance!" 
*'No, my child!" said old Nokomis, 
"'Tis the night-wind in the pine-trees!" 

"Look!" she said; "I see my father 
Standing lonely at his doorway, 
Beckoning to me from his wigwam 
In the land of the Dacotahs!" 
^'No, my child!" said old Nokomis, 
"'Tis the smoke, that waves and beckons!" 

"Ah!" said she, "the eyes of Pauguk 
Glare upon me in the darkness, 
I can feel his icy fingers 
Clasping mine amid the darkness! 
"Hiawatha! Hiawatha!"^-' 

And the desolate Hiawatha, 
Far away amid the forest. 
Miles away among the mountains. 
Heard that sudden cry of anguish, 
Heard the voice of Minnehaha 
Calling to him in the darkness, 
"Hiawatha! Hiawatha!" 

Over snow-fields waste and pathless, 
Under snow-encumbered branches, 
Homeward hurried Hiawatha, 
Empty-handed, heavy-hearted. 

• And he rushed into the wigwam, 
Saw the old Nokomis slowly 
Rocking to and fro and moaning. 
Saw his lovely Minnehaha 
Lying dead and cold before him. 

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found in the Riverside Song Book. Publishers, Houghton & Mifflin may be sung. It may be 



76 THE PLAN BOOK. 

TENTH TABLEAU. 

THE DEATHBED OF MINNEHAHA. 

The tableau may be given later, after the line **Ofthe dark- 
ness or the daylight," if preferred. 

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bed with his face buried in his hands. -j 

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And his bursting heart within him 

Uttered such a cry of anguish, 

That the forest moaned and shuddered, 

That the very stars in heaven 

Shook and trembled with his anguish. 

Then he sat down still and speechless, 
On the bed of Minnehaha, 
At the feet of Laughing Water, 
At those willing feet, that never 
More would lightly run to meet him, 
Never more would lightly follow. 

With both hands his face he covered, 
Seven long days and nights he sat there^ 
As if in a swoon he sat there. 
Speechless, motionless, unconscious 
*0f the daylight or the darkness. 

Then they buried Minnehaha; 
In the snow a grave they made her, 
In the forest deep and darksome, 
Underneath the moaning hemlocks; 
Clothed her in her richest garments, 
Wrapped her in her robes of ermine, 
Covered her with snow, like ermine; 
Thus they buried Minnehaha. 

And at night a fire was lighted, 
On her grave four times was kindled, 
For her soul upon its journey 
To the Islands of the Blessed. 



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80 THE PLAN BOOK. 

From his doorway Hiawatha 
Saw it burning in the forest, 
Lighting up the gloomy hemlocks; 
From its sleepless bed uprising, 
From the bed of Minnehaha, 
Stood and watched it at the doorway. 
That it might not be extinguished. 
Might not leave her in the darkness. 
"Farewell!" said he, "Minnehaha! 
Farewell, O my Laughing Water! 
All my heart is buried with you. 
All my thoughts go onward with you! 
Come not back again to labor. 
Come not back again to suffer, 
Where the Famine and the Fever 
Wear the heart and waste the body. 
Soon my task will be completed. 
Soon your footsteps I shall follow 
To the Islands of the Blessed, 
To the Kingdom of Ponemah, 
To the Land of the Hereafter! 
The bidian Funeral Song^ or Chopm^s Funeral March. 

THE WHITE man's FOOT. 

From his wanderings far to eastward. 
From the regions of the morning. 
From the shining land of Wabun, 
Homeward now returned lagoo. 
The great traveller, the great boaster. 
Full of new and strange adventures, 
Marvels many and many wonders. 

And the people of the village 
Listened to him as he told them 
Of his marvelous adventures, 
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82 THE PLAN BOOK. 

"Ugh! it is indeed lagoo! 

No one else beholds such wonders!'' 

He had seen, he said, a water 
Bigger than the Big-Sea-Water, 
Broader than the Gitche Gumee, 
Bitter so that none could drink it! 
At each other looked the warriors, 
Looked the women at each other, 
Smiled, and said, "It cannot be so! 
Kaw!" they said, "It cannot be so!" 

O'er it," said he, o'er this water 
Came a great canoe with pinions, 
A canoe with wings came flying. 
Bigger than a grove of pine trees, 
Taller than the tallest tree-tops! 
And the old men and the women 
Looked and tittered at each other; 
"Kaw," they said, "we don't believe it!" 
And the warriors and the women 
Laughed aloud at poor lagoo; 
"Kaw!" they said, "what tales you tell us!" 

In it, said he, came a people. 
In the great canoe with pinions 
Came, he said, a hundred warriors; 
Painted white were all their faces, 
And with hair their chins were covered! 
And the warriors and the women 
Laughed and shouted in derision, 
Like the ravens on the tree-tops, 
Like the crows upon the hemlocks. 
"Kaw," they said, "what lies you tell us! 
Do not think that we believe them!" 

Only Hiawatha laughed not. 
But he gravely spake and answered 
To their jeering and their jesting: 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 83 

"True is all lagoo tells us; 
I have seen it in a vision, 
Seen the great canoe with pinions, 
Seen the people with white faces, 
Seen the coming of this bearded 
People of the wooden vessel 
From the regions of the morning. 
From the shining land of Wabun. 

"Gitche Manito the Mighty, 
The Great Spirit, the Creator, 
Sends them hither on his errand, 
Sends them to us with his message. 
Wheresoe'er they move, before them 
Swarms the bee, the honey-maker; 
Wheresoe'er they tread, beneath them 
Springs a flower unknown among us, 
*Springs the White-man's foot in blossom, 

"Let us welcome, then, the strangers. 
Hail them as our friends and brothers. 
And the heart's right hand of friendship 
Give them when they come to see us. 
Gitche Manito, the Mighty, 
Said this to me in my vision. 

"I beheld, too, in that vision 
All the secrets of the future. 
Of the distant days that shall be. 
I beheld the westward marches 
Of the unknown, crowded nations. 
All the land was full of people, 
Restless, struggling, toiling, striving, 
Speaking many tongues, yet feeling 
But one heart-beat in their bosoms. 
In the woodlands rang thei-r axes, 
Smoked their towns in all the valleys, 



♦White-man's Foot, — Plantago major, coinmoti plantain. 



84 THH rUAN l^c>OK. 

Over all the lakes and rivers 
Rushed their great eanoes of thunder. 

"Then a darker, drearier vision 
Passed before me, vague and cloud-like: 
T beheld our nation scattered, 
All tbrgetliil of my counsels, 
Weakened, warring with each other; 
Saw the remnants of our people 
v^ weeping westward, wild and woeful, 
Like the cloud-rack of a tempest, 
Like the withered leaves of Autumn!" 

UIAWATHA'S imPARTURK. 

By the shore of Gitche Gumee, 
By the shining Big -Sea-Water, 
At the doorw^ay of his wigwam, 
In the pleasant summer morning, 
Hiawatha stood and waited. 
All the air was full of freshness, 
All the earth was bright and joyous, 
And before him, through the sunshine. 
Westward toward the neighboring forest 
Passed the bees, the honey-makers, 
Burning, singing in the sunshine. 

Bright above him shone the heavens. 
Level spread the lake before him; 
From its bc^som leaped the sturg:eon, 
Sparkling, flashing in the sunshine; 
On its margin the gi^at forest 
Stood reflected in the water, 
Every tree-top had its shadow, 
Motionless beneath the water. 

From the brow of Hiawatha 
Gone was ex^ry trace of sorrow, 
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Plu'ourji tlu' lilted liMxcs .\\\i\ 1)1 aiulii'S. 

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Imoiii the di .1 ml land ol VVahnii, 
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C'aiiic the likuk Kohe tiiicl, the l'l()j)lK't, 
lie- llu- Priest ol Prayii, the I'ale-faee, 
With his iMiides and his companions. 

And I he nohie I I iawal ha, 
With liis hands alolt I'xtended, 
Held alolt in sii;n of wt leome, 
Waited, fnll ol exultation. 
Till the hireh eanoc with j)addlcs 



86 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Grated on the shining pebbles, 
Stranded on the sandy margin, 
Till the Black-Robe chief, the Pale-face, 
With the cross upon his bosom. 
Landed on the sandy margin. 
Then the joyous Hiawatha 
Cried aloud and spake in this wise: 
"Beautiful the sun, O strangers, 
When you come so far to see us! 
All our town in peace awaits you; 
All our doors stand open for you; 
You shall enter all our wigwams. 
For the heart's right hand we give you. 

*' Never bloomed the earth so gayly, 
Never shone the sun so brightly, 
As to-day they shine and blossom 
When you come so far to see us! 
Never was our lake so tranquil, 
Nor so free from rocks and sand bars* 
For your birch canoe in passing 
Has removed both rock and sand-bar." 
The magicians, the Wabenos, 
And the medicine-men, the Medas, 
Came to bid the strangers welcome; 

And the Black-Robe chief made answer, 
Stammered in his speech a little, 
Speaking words yet unfamiliar: 
"Peace be with you, Hiawatha, 
1 Peace be with you and your people, 

Peace of prayer, and peace of pardon, 
Peace of Christ, and joy of Mary!" 

Then the generous Hiawatha 
Led the strangers to his wigwam, 
Seated them on skins of bison. 
Seated them on skins of ermine, 



HIAWATHA DRAxMATlZED. 87 

And the careful old Nokomis 
Brought them food in bowls of bass-wood, 
Water brought in birchen dippers, 
And the calumet, the peace-pipe, 
Filled and lighted for their smoking. 

All the old men of the village, 
All the warriors of the nation, 
Came to bid the strangers welcome; 
"It is well," they said, "O brothers, 
That you come so far to see us!" 
In a circle round the doorway. 
With their pipes they sat in silence, 
Waiting to behold the strangers, 
Waiting to receive their message; 
Till the Black-Robe chief, the Pale-face, 
From the wigwam came to greet them. 
Stammering in his speech a little, 
Speaking words yet unfamiliar; 
"It is well," they said, "O brother. 
That you come so far to see us!" 

Then the Black-Robe chief, the prophet, 
Told his message to the people, 
Told the purport of his mission, 
Told them of the Virgin Mary, 
And her blessed Son, the Saviour, 
How in distant lands and ages 
He had lived on earth as we do; 
How he fasted, prayed and labored; 
How the Jews, the tribe accursed. 
Mocked him, scourged him, crucified him: 
How he rose from where they laid him, 
Walked again with his disciples, 
And ascended into heaven. 

And the chiefs made answer, saying: 
^'We have listened to your message, 



88 THE PLAN BOOK. 

We have heard your words of wisdom, 
We will think on what you tell us. 
It is well for us, O brothers, 
That you come so far to see us!" 

Then they rose up and departed 
Each one homeward to his wigwam, 
To the young men and the women 
Told the story of the strangers 
Whom the Master of Life had sent them 
From the shining land of Wabun. 
Heavy with the heat and silence 
Grew the afternoon of Summer. 
With a drowsy sound the forest 
Whispered round the sultry wigwam, 
With a sound of sleep the water 
Rippled on the beach below it; 
And the guests of Hiawatha, 
Weary with the heat of summer, 
Slumbered in the sultry wigwam. 

Slowly o'er the simmering landscape 
Fell the evening's dusk and coolness, 
And the long and level sumbeams 
Shot their spears into the forest. 
Breaking through its shields of shadow, 
Rushed into each secret ambush, 
Searched each thicket, dingle, hollow; 
Still the guests of Hiawatha 
Slumbered in the silent wigwam. 
From his place rose Hiawatha, 
Bade farewell to old Nokomis, 
Spake in whispers, spake in this wise, 
Did not wake the guests, that slumbered: 

"I am going, O Nokomis, 
On a long and distant journey, 
To the portals of the Sunset, 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 89 

But these guests I leave behind me, 
In your watch and ward I leave them; 
See that never harm comes near them, 
See that never fear molests them, 
Never danger nor suspicion, 
Never want of food or shelter, 
In the lodge of Hiawatha!" 

Forth into the village went he. 
Bade farewell to all the warriors, 
Bade farewell to all the young men. 
Spake persuading, spake in this wise: 

"I am going, O my people. 
On a long and distant journey; 
Many moons and many winters 
Will have come and will have vanished. 
Ere I come again to see you. 
But my guests I leave behind me; 
Listen to their words of wisdom, 
Listen to the truth they tell you. 
For the Master of Life has sent them 
From the land of light and morning!" 

On the shore stood Hiawatha, 
Turned and waved his hand at parting; 

EL,EVENTH TABLEAU. 

Hiawatha in the distance with hand upraised as if to wave 
a farewell. 

On the clear and luminous water 
Launched his birch canoe for sailing, 
From the pebbles of the margin 
Shoved it forth into the water; 
Whispered to it, "Westward! westward!" 
And with speed it darted forward. 

And the evening sun descending 
Set the clouds on fire with redness, 



90 THE PLAN BOOK. 

Burned the broad sky like a prairie, 
Left upon the level water 
One long track and trail of splendor, 
Down whose stream, as down a river, 
Westward, westward Hiawatha 
Sailed into the fiery sunset. 
Sailed into the purple vapors, 
Sailed into the dusk of evening. 

And the people from the margin 
Watched him floating, rising, sinking, 
Till the birch canoe seem lifted 
High into that sea of splendor. 
Till it sank into the vapors 
Like the new moon slowly, slowly 
Sinking in the purple distance. 

And they said "Farewell forever!" 
Said, "Farewell, O Hiawatha!" 
And the forests, dark and lonely. 
Moved through all their depths of darkness, 
Sighed, "Farewell, O Hiawatha!" 
And the waves upon the margin 
Rising, rippling on the pebbles. 
Sobbed, "Farewell, O Hiawatha!" 

Thus departed Hiawatha, 
Hiawatha the Beloved, 
In the glory of the sunset, 
In the purple mists of evening. 
To the Islands of the Blessed, 
To the kingdom of Ponemah, 
To the land of the Hereafter! 

TWELFTH TABLEAU. 

If the Song of Hiawatha is given as a Thanksgiving enter- 
tainment, the twelfth tableau will represent the interior of a 
Puritan home with Puritans and Indians seated around a 
table eating their first thanksgiving meal, as related in his- 
tory. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 91 

SUGGESTIONS. 

FOR PRIMARY GRADES. 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 

FIRST SCENE. 

Nokomis enters room and unstrapping an Indian baby and 
cradle from her back, suspends it from a branch of the pine 
tree. She then seats herself and pushes or rocks the baby 
back and forth. 

FIRST RECITATION. 

"Hiawatha's Babyhood." 

Child steps to the front of the room and recites the part of 
the poem "Hiawatha," beginning with, "By the Shining Big 
Sea Water," and concluding with "Eya-yea, my little owlet." 
In referring to the wigwam and firs point to the one impro- 
vised for the occasion or sketched upon the board. The child 
resumes seat. 

FIRST SONG. 

By Nokomis. 

Nokomis sings the Indian Cradle Song or the Owlet 
Song from the Brown & Emerson's Song Book, and then tak- 
ing baby Hiawatha from the tree carries him to the wigwam 
or another room. 

SECOND SCENE. 

Small boy dressed as Hiawatha takes a seat at the door of 
tent or on platform. 

SECOND RECITATION. 

Child recites selection from Hiawatha's Childhood, begin- 
ning, "At the door on summer evenings," and concluding 
with "Sang the song Nokomis taught him." 

SECOND SONG. 

Child representing Hiawatha now sings the fire-fly song, 
sitting in tent door: 



92 THE PLAN BOOK. 

"Wah-wah-taysee, little fire fly 
Little flitting, white-fire insect, 
Little dancing white-fire creature, 
Light me with your little candle 
Ere upon my bed I lay me, 
Ere in sleep I close my eyelids." 

Music to accompany this song may be found in the Brown 
& Emerson's Song Book, or teafher can set words to some 
familiar air. 

THIRD SCENE. 

Nokomis seats herself by Hiawatha. 

THIRD RECITATION. 

A child recites part of poem beginning with, "He saw the 
moon rise from the water" and conclude with the conversa- 
tion about the owlet. 

This portion of the poem may be divided into three parts 
and recited by different pupils; if preferred, one reciting about 
the moon, another the rainbow and another the owlet. 

FOURTH RECITATION. 

Fourth child recites, "Then the little Hiawatha learned 
of every bird its language" concluding with "Hiawatha's 
Brothers." the rabbit and squirrel. 

FIFTH RECITATION. 

Fifth child recites, "Then lagoo, the great boaster, the 
marvelous story teller," and concludes lagoo's charge to 
Hiawatha. 

FOURTH SCENE. 

lagoo, a large boy, presents Hiawatha with the bow and 
arrows. 

SIXTH RECITATION. 

Pupil begins with "Forth into the forest straightway," 
and recites all of the deer hunt if possible. If too long for one 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 93 

child, divide into two parts. As pupil recites, Hiawatha may 
walk several times across the room as if following in the tracks 
of the deer, and then leave the room. 

FIFTH SCENE. 

Hiawatha appears, grown to manhood, armed with bow and 
arrows and decorated with paint and feather head dress. 

SEVENTH RECITATION. 

Hiawatha's manhood, concluding with the line "At each 
stride, a mile he measured." 

EIGHTH RECITATION. 

Hiawatha's Fasting, and Present of Corn. 

Simplify as far as possible. This may be read or recited 
by the teacher, given by one pupil, or assigned to several, one 
pupil giving the first day's experience in the forest, another 
the second, etc. Cut out all difficult words. 

SIXTH SCENE. 

Tableau showing corn, as explained elsewhere. 

NINTH RECITATION. 

• "The White Man's Foot." 
Begin with 

"Homeward now returned lagoo, 
The great traveler, the great boaster, 
From his wanderings far to eastward," 

and concluding with Hiawatha's charge to the Indians 
concerning their welcome: 

"Give them, when they come to see us, 
The heart's right hand of friendship." 

TENTH RECITATION. 

Hiawtha's welcome to the white men who come to 
America. Simplify. Omit all that children cannot under- 
stand. It may be best for the teacher or a large pupil from 
another grade to read this or recite it. Begin with, 



94 THE PLAN BOOK. 

"By the Shining Big-Sea- Water, 
At the doorway of his wigwam, 
In the pleasant summer morning 
Hiawatha stood and waited." 

Omit the rest of the poem as far as the line "From the 
distant land of Wabun," and beginning there continue with 
poem, giving all that pupils will be able to understand and 
enjoy. 

The answer the chief made to the priest makes a good con- 
clusion: 

"We have listened to your message, 
We have heard your words of wisdom, 
We will think on what you tell us. 
It is well for us, O brothers, 
That you come so far to see us. ' ' 

SEVENTH SCENE. 

Enter pupils dressed as Pilgrims and range themselves 
on one side of table covered with articles of food, or heaped 
with fruit, vegetables and grain. 

Children dressed as Indians follow Pilgrims into the room 
and seat themselves by the table. 

RECITATION. 

"Harvest is come." 

HARVEST IS COME. 

"Harvest is come. The bins are full, 

The barns are running o'er; 
Both grains and fruits we've garnered in 

Till we've no space for more. 
We've worked and toiled through heat and cold 

To plant, to sow, to reap; 
And now for all this bounteous store 

Let us Tanksgiving keep." 



HIAWATHA DRAMATIZED. 95 

RECITATION. 

"Then lift up the head with a song! 
And lift up the hand with a gift! 
, To the ancient Giver of old 

The spirit in gratitude lift! 
For the joy and the promise of spring, 
For the hay and the clover sweet, 
The barley, the rye, and the oats, 
The rice, and the corn, and the wheat, 
The cotton, and sugar, and fruit, 
The flower, and the fine honey comb, 
The country, so fair and so free. 
The blessing and glory of liome. " 

Final song, "America." All sing. 




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